Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1887-03-12
LEGISLATIVE.


Wednesday, March 2.-Scnator Blue an
nounced that the conference committee on
house bill 343, the Murray temperance bill,
| mad agreed that the Law should take effect
from March 30, 1887. and should be pub
iished in the official state paper. The ways
and means committee reported adversely on
all bills making donations to private ohsri-
table institutions. The bill making doha-
ton to the Leavenvofth Home of the
Friendless was recommended for reference
90 tho committee of the whole. The
following were among bills passed on third
reading: House bill 4S3, an act making an
appropriation for the erection of the main
or central building of the state house, and
to provide for special levy of taxes there
for; house bill 103, an act amend atory of
and supplemental to chapter $50 of the ses-
incompetent or unauthorized persons from
engaging in the practice of pharmacy, etc.
lhe following bills were passed on third
reading during the afternoon session of the
senate: House bill $50, an act to amend
section l off chapter 134, laws 1886, being
an act to amend section of chapter 81, laws
1870, being an act in lrelation to railroads;
house bill 246, an act to provide for CONSOLE
datlon of cities; house bill 439, an act to re-
sas of 1877, entitled "An act to regulate the
salaries Of county clerk and county treasur-
or in certain counties therein named;" SEN
ate bill 296, an act to punish false pretense
in obtaining registration of cattle and 9TH
or animals, and to punish giving false pedi-
grees.
Thursday March 3-Among the bills pass
ed on third reading this morning were: SEN
ate bill 81. an act making appropriations
for the legislative departments, enrolling
clerks, etc., engr0sslng clerks, committee
clerks, and for transcribing the journal OF
the two houses, for the session of 1887; house
bill 452, an act to provide for the erection of
additional buildings at the state institution
for the education of the deaf and dumb, at
Olathe, for the fiscal years of 1888 and 1889;
that is to say for the central buildings;
house bill ZIG an act providing for additions
to the state normal school building at En-
poria; house bill 372, an act making an ap-
preparation to pay j. F. Tufts for legal SER
vices performed as assistant attorney gen.
eral; house bill 272, an act making appro-
ton for the education of the blind, and for
the purchase of furniture for the same;
house bill 3O4, an act making an appropria-
ton for the state industrial reformatory at
Hutchinson, Kansas, for the fiscal year
ending June 30 1883, and June 80, 1889.
The entire afternoon was spent on the
third reading and passage of bills. Among
those of general character were the fol-
lowing: Senate bill So, an act in relation to
the annual meetings of school districts, and
of section 6, chapter 122, laws
1876; house bill %, an act to authorize town.
ships to provide public parks end ceme-
teries for the inhabitants thereof; senate
bill 113, an act to define the liability of
railroad companies in certain cases;
senate bill IA, an act relating to capital pun
ishment, smendatory of chapter 166 fof the
laws of 1872 the same being amendatory of
chapter 50 of the laws of 1868; house bill
1877, an act relating to crimes and punish
ments, and amendatory of sections 81 and
81 OF chapter 81 of the general statutes of
1868; house bill 81, an act to prevent frauds
at elections, and to provide punishment
therefor; house bill 295, an act to amend an
act entitled Gan act to enable counties,
and cities to aid in the construc-
lion Of railroads, and to repeal section of
,hapter 80 of tbs laws of 1874" and to re- |
peal by the act section / of chapter 167 Of
he laws of 1876.